Opposition: meeting with the PACE rapporteurs is pointless

On Tuesday the speakers PACE Monitoring Committee Pedro Agramunt and Joseph Gresh met with representatives of the opposition parties in Azerbaijan.

According to the head of the Democratic Party, Sardar Jalaloglu , the meeting discussed the results of the presidential elections, the issue of political prisoners and democracy.

Opposition confirmed that the elections were seriously flawed. However, the co-rapporteurs disagreed, saying that the elections were generally in line with democratic standards.

When  the opposition talked about the opposition political prisoners, the co-rapporteurs required to submit lists."Such meetings are already formal, the Council of Europe has lost its identity as a democratic institution, organization  has been demoralized,"  Jalaloglu said.

Head of the "classical" Popular Front Party Mirmahmud Miralioglu reported that the rapporteurs was presented a paper on law violations during the elections. In response to reporters began to ask formal questions.

"I believe that in such meetings  are not necessary. How would we explain to them is not their position , they still argue and defend their position of power," said Miralioglu.

Executive Secretary of the REAL Movement, Natig Jafarli, also criticized the approach of speakers.

They behaved disingenuously , that for example manifested in their question : "Is Ilgar Mamedov still in prison?"

Conformist position of speakers discredits Western values ​​and  causes damage to the  supporters of European integration  he said. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the Party of Free Democrats (" Open Society"), the Popular Front , etc. "Musavat" party said its representative  had not been invited to the meeting. -05B-